Andy Goldsworthy

“As with all my work, whether it’s a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I’m trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.“ –Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is an artist from Scotland. He makes sculptures and other works of art out of natural materials like wood, leaves or stones.

Who is Andy Goldsworthy?

Explore some ofAndy Goldsworthy’s work:

He’s used stones and wood for these sculptures

made from found materials in nature

Can you see what he’s wrapped around this

tree?

It’s ice!

This is made using ice

and mapleleaves

Here he has used stones and twigs

These are made from leaves to form circles